04/01/1867
A steamboat burns to the waterline on the Mississippi but all aboard have a lucky escape. Crime/Disasters
05/09/1862
Captain Charles H. Davis replaces Commodore A.H. Foote as commander of the Union's Mississippi Flotilla Battles/Soldiers
01/11/1860
Commercial ice-boat begins operation in Wisconsin on the Upper Mississippi Business/Industry
10/12/1861
Confederate naval units stage a dawn attack on the U.S. Navy squadron blockading New Orleans Battles/Soldiers
04/21/1856
First railroad bridge across the Mississippi River completed Business/Industry
03/12/1849
First railroad that will run west of the Mississippi is incorporated Business/Industry
07/09/1863
In Louisiana, General N.P. Banks accepts the surrender of Port Hudson after a seven week siege Battles/Soldiers
01/13/1866
In St. Louis, a second day of shifting ice on the Mississippi River crushes seven more river boats. Crime/Disasters
01/11/1861
Louisiana militia seize Forts Saint Philip and Jackson at the mouth of the Mississippi River Battles/Soldiers
11/18/1860
Louisville to New Orleans steamboat burns near Uniontown, Kentucky and eight die Crime/Disasters
01/13/1861
Mississippi militia at Vicksburg fire warning shots across bows of Cincinnati to New Orleans riverboat Battles/Soldiers
12/27/1866
Mississippi steamboat catches fire in the middle of the night and forty-three people are drowned. Crime/Disasters
05/13/1862
Natchez, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. Navy gunboats Battles/Soldiers
11/13/1863
Near Island 16 in the Mississippi, a riverboat is destroyed by fire and twenty-five lives lost Crime/Disasters
04/07/1862
On the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi, Island Number Ten falls to Union army and navy forces Battles/Soldiers
08/21/1865
On the Mississippi, a steamboat explosion kills up to ten people, including Ohio infantrymen heading home Crime/Disasters
06/06/1863
On the Mississippi, captain and crew of Confederate steamboat defect to the Union Battles/Soldiers
06/24/1860
Scores die when a Mississippi steamboat explodes and burns near Cairo, Illinois Crime/Disasters
05/10/1862
Sharp half-hour naval engagement on the Mississippi River below Fort Pillow in Tennessee Battles/Soldiers
01/12/1866
Shifting ice on the frozen Mississippi River again crushes river boats on the St. Louis, Missouri levee Crime/Disasters
12/16/1865
Shifting ice on the frozen Mississippi River crushes seven river boats on the St. Louis, Missouri levee Crime/Disasters
04/26/1860
Steamboat burns on the Mississippi below St. Louis and sixteen people are killed Crime/Disasters
04/24/1859
Steamboat disaster on the Mississippi River with scores dead Crime/Disasters
06/13/1858
Steamboat founders on the Mississippi Crime/Disasters
01/22/1861
Steamboat with a cargo of sugar and coffee snags and sinks on the Mississippi Crime/Disasters
11/11/1863
Steamer from St. Louis to New Orleans attacked below Vicksburg, Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
04/04/1862
- 04/05/1862
The U.S.S. Carondelet makes her daring night run past the Confederate blockade on the Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
12/13/1860
Two steamboats collide on the Mississippi River above Memphis, one sinks in minutes Crime/Disasters
05/12/1862
U.S. Navy gunboats demand the surrender of Natchez, Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
04/01/1862
- 04/02/1862
Union soldiers and sailors carry out a daring night raid on Confederate defenses near Island Number Ten Battles/Soldiers
06/03/1859
- 06/05/1859
Weeks of heavy rainfall bring serious flooding to the upper Mississippi Crime/Disasters
